Streamlined corridor vehicle



Patented June 23, 1953 SfBEAfILINED ooBBIDoR voHfoLE Antonio sbrighi, 1i1an, Itoy, ossignor to sooieto Ifolio11a Efnesto 1fodo por oostfuzioni 1Voo ooniche, Mion, Itoly ppHoon Apfn 20, 1949,Seffal 1To. 88,535 In Ifaly oofobof 15, 1948 ThiS invention relates to struotufes denning pasSages f()r placing SuccesSive stfeafn1inedfon vvay cafS in ooTnfnunication vvith ea.ch othef.

An object of the present invention is to pfo vide Strootufes vvhich ofe operative fo define oof ridorS of pasSages betvveen coupled railway cafs and vvhich nlay be fetfacted of vvitfldravvn to an inoperative position at the endsof the train so as not to inteffefe with the stTeafnlining of the tfain,

Another object is to pfovide apassage denning Stfuctufe for a failvvay oar having a oontro1 oabin at the end, Wherein the paSSage denning stfucture, when in itS fetracted position, does not in teffere vvith access to the oontro1 cabin of with viSibility ffon1 the latter,

A further objeot iS t pfovide a pasSage of coffidor dening stfucture of the desoffbed chafacter, vvhefein a sn1ooth afld. continuous fioor Sur face is pfovided thfough the stfuctufe vvhen the lattef is in it inopefative or vvithdfavvn position aS vve11 aS vvhen it iS extended to pfovide oj oofnfnunicating paSSage betvveen succeSSive fai1- vvay oafs.

In accofdance With the pfeSent invention, the f9dilvf ay oar iS pfovided vvith a oonlpaftInent fof pasSengers and oontro1 cabins of the opposite ends vvhich oon1n1onicate vvith the coInpaft nent thfough relatively nafrow oonnecting pasSage vvays. Bach end of the failvvay caI' haS aJ door covefing an end opening and Inounted for fnove Inent u wardly and aWay froIn the related end to a SubStantially horizonta1 posifion for unoovef ing the end opening. A coffidor Section is fflounted for 1inear Inovenlent betvveen o fetfaot ed of Withdfawn position within the relatod nof Tow connecting paSSageWay and an extended oo Sition in the contro1 cabin and projeoting thfough the end opening. he coffidof seotion iS open of itS oppoSite endS and oafrieS a be110vvs at the end facing tovvard the felated end of the rai1vay caI foI conneotion to a Sinlilar. be11ows on the adjacent end of a failvvay oaf whioh is next in 1ine. The f1ooT of the coffidof Section is at sub Stantiany the Safne leve1 as the fioor of the paiS Sengef cofnpaftInent, aund the noof of the con neoting passageway iS vertically fnovable betwoen aJ depreSSed or lovvefed position, vvhicf1it oocupies r derStood, a.ni1111strotive enobodifnont thofoof fs hefeinaftef desofibed in detai1 ond Shownfn the acoompanying dfa ingS, Whioh for a poffhe e away ohd in Section, showing a Strean11ined foi1- vvay car ha.ving fotraotible InechanisIn for coo neoting the car to anothef with intefcon1fnuni cating`cofridors in accofdance ith the pfesent invention, and With suchfneohaniSm shoWn in its Tet ralcted of vvithdfavvn position; r

ig. 2 is a top plan vievv, partly broken aWay and in seotion of tho rai1Wo oar and ret actible InechanisIn Shown in the San1e conditfon as that fepresented in 1;

Fig. 3 is a vieW Similolf to Eg. 1, but showinggeff er and oon1nlunioatiog fvith each othef thfoogh nlechaniSIn en1bodying the pfeSent in vention; ahd

'ig, 6 is a ve tica1 seotiona1 view taken the line Gs of E,ig. L 4

Befeffing to the dTaWingS in detaiL alnd inftia1- ly to igs. 1 ahd 2, it wi11 be seen that thefai1- vvayoar of vehiole includeS a con1partfnent f oo cupying a sobstantia1 poportion of the lengfhof the oaf foI acoofnff1odoting the pasSengerS of othef pay 1oad. fft eaoh end ofthe failvvoy oa.1 of' yehfc1 a contro1 cabin C is provided andfho lat tef is oonneoted to the odjacent end of tho paSSenger conlpartment through a felatively narrow connectingpaSSageway or interInediate cor fid01 BWfth stovvage sp ces l3 and l4 being pfovideo at the opposite Sides of tho paSSageway B.

4 dooTvvoy is fof ned at each end of the car of vehicle andjs oloSed by a doof Which hoS a sea1- ing packing a1ong theedges thefeof and is Sha ed to follovv the stfean11ined Cufvtofeof the fe lated end of theoar. fhe door When releaood ffon1jts looked position in the related doofay, ti1tS to the position Io of ,ig. 1 andiS n1ouoted by fneans of fo11efs 8o, on ourved traoks 8, fo1' movement upWardly and aWay ffom fhe Teated end of the cor to a stoved position lb (g. 3)

against a stop 9. When in its stowed position b, the door is oonveniently out of the Way and it ocoupies spaoe Which is not usable fof aAfly othef puTpose. The n1oveInent of the doof along the oorved tfacks 8 fflay be eIfected by a cable 2 hav ing itS endS xed to the door and a pu11e arfangenfent To and fb over Whioh the oable iS Suitably tfained to forn1 a conlplete cirouit. ,A ofank To is pfovided fof fotating a dfiving pu11ey engaging the oable T so that the doof' fnay be raised or lowered along the tracks 8 and stopped in any intern1ediate position between the poSi tions lo and lb vvithout the danger of its s1iding of slipping.

A movable corfidor seotion 2 is S1idable on guides extendin fron1 the connectn aS Sagevvay of coffidor B into the contro1 oabin c so that the coffidor Seotion 2 is Inovabe betWeen a fetfaoted position (,igS. 1 and 2), Within the cofridor B, and an operative position (Pigs. 3 and Within the cabin C and proecting through the doofvay. The end of the ooffidof section 2 facing towafd the paSSenger ooInpartInent A iS open, and the opposite end is pfovided with a door ln and caffieS a be11ovs of oollapsible hood 3 vvhioh pfojects thfough the doofway at the end of the oa1 of vehicle when the ooffidor Section is in its extended position (,igS. 3 and The sides of the ooffidor Seotion 2 are fofn1ed With openings l and 2 fo peffnit accesS therethrough to the spaoeS 3 and l2 at the opposite sides of the corfidor 13 When the Section 2 iS in itS fe tracted poSition (E,igs. 1 and 2) vithin the coffi do1 B, and folding doorS fo and 2o afe pfeferably pfovided to cloSe the openingS and 2 when the corridoI' Section 2 is in its extended position (EgS. 3 and 4) Within the oontro1 oabin c.

A folding gangway 5 is connected to the noor of the coffidor Section 2 at the end of the latter caffying the be11ows 3-, and this gangwoy sefves as a noor in the be11ows, When the cofridof seo tion is extended (E,igs. 3 and and as a tfanSitiona1 inoline ffon1 the noof of the ooffido1' Sec tion 2 of the floor of the oabin C, when the seo tion 2 is in itS fetfacted poSition (PigS- 1 and 2).

As seen in ig. 1, the noof of the coffidof Seo tion 2 is at subSfantiany the same leve1 as the fioor of the paSSenger coInpaftfnent So that, vhen the cofridof Section 2 iS in its retracted condition, a Sfnooth f1001 Sufface is pfovided be tween the ooITlpaftInent A and the corfidor 13. IIovevef, in ofdef to bfidge the gap of depfeSSion between the floo1' of the coInpoftnlent A and the fl()or of the coffidof seotion 2, vvhen the lattef iS in itS extended position, a vertioony nlovable f1oor Seotion 6 iS n1ounted on fookable levefs B Within the i1tefn1ediate oofridor B, and the veftically Inovable noof s is faised (f 'i 3) to a position leve1 vvith the noof of the paSSengef oonlpaftfnent 2, When the section 2 is extended, of lovvefed to a position below the floor of the section 2, When the latter iS fetfaoted ,ig 1). I iI13dlly, the oable T is alSo attached to the coffidof Seotion 2 So that, aS the oable is diSplaced to Inove the doof l outof the doofvvay and to its stowed position IZ), the corridor seotion 2 iS SiInultaneouSly Inoved ffom itS retfacted position to its extended posifion to pToject the be11ows 3 through the open doofvvay- ConvefSely, vvhen the cable 2 is fna nipulated, by actuation of the crank To, to retract the section 2 into its inoperative position in the intefnlediate cofridor B, the doo1 iS 1owefed and returned to itS position for olosing the doorWay at the end of the railway car.

vvhen the Stfuctufe desofibed above iS pfo vided at the adjoifling endS of succeSSive fai1vay oafS and the ooffidor Seotions 2 of Such Structufes afe eXtended, aS in E,ig. 5, the beWS 3 abut and vith the ooffidof seotions 2 pfovide a con1fnuni cating paSSageway betWeen the SuoceSSive carS.

when the corfidof seotion 2 at eaoh end of the train is fetracted and the doof inStalled in itS oloSed position, the endS of the tfain afe agaiI1 streaInlined. Futher, When the corridor Section 2 is fetraoted, access n1ay be had through the doof lu thefeof into the contfo1 cabin C at the front end of the tfain, and the fetfacted Section 2 in no way interfe1,es with the visibility out of the oontfo1 cabin. Finally, With the Section 2 iJ1 its fetfacted poSition, acceSS can sti11 be had thfongh the openings and f2 into the Stofage spaces l3 and at the oppoSite Sides of the coffidof B.

vvhile have illustfated a pfeferred efnbodinlent of the invention and desoribed the SaIne in detai1, it iS to be undefStood that the preSent invention is not lifnited to that pfeciSe en1bodinlent and that vofious ohanges and n1odioations can be effected thefein Without depafting froTn the Scope or spirit of the invention aS deoned in the appended olain1.

In a Stfean1-lined vehicle having a passenger oon1paftfnent, L contfo1 cabin at the end of the vehiole and of intefInediate coffidof betveen the oonpaftn1ent and oabin, the pfoviSion of reffao tible IneanS for connecting the vehicle to another With intefoofnInuf1ioating ooffidofS, Said nleans oon1priSing a doofway oentfa11y looated in the fofward wan of the cabin, a doof fetfaotible froIn a vertica1 olosed position in the doofWay to a horizonta1 raised position above the cabin, a cor fidor seotion Inovable ffoIn a fetfaoted position in the intefn1ediate corfidof to an extended poSition in the doofvay, Said coffidof Section having a fioof' and at leaSt one side open fof aocess loterany thereof, and including a folding dooT adapted to c1oSe the open side when the section iS extended. a collapsible hood and a folding gangWay con nected to the fofwafd paft of Said Inovable oofri dor Section a veftioally Inovable f1oof Seotion in the intefn1ediate oofridof whefeby the noof of the Inovable ooffidof Seotion n1ay be 1ovefed, hen in retraoted position on Said Inovable noof to the leve1 of the paSSenger con1partn1ent floof, and the Inovable fioor nlay be faiSed to said leve1 vhen the Inovable ooffidof Seotion is extended, and a oable tfanSn1iSSion, including a ofank Inechaf1iSfn, for ooofdinating the fnoveInentS of the door to and fToIn itS faiSed position and of the n1ovable coffidor section to and f1'on1 itS extended posi tion,

ANTONIO SBBIGHI.

BoferenoeS cited in the f1e of thiS patent oNITED STATBS PATBNTS Number Name Date 2,163,826 Bugatti June 27, 1939 2,19o 14 B1ombefg et a1 Feb. 13 1920 

